Christian Frederickson

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Christian Frederickson is a violist,
composer & sound designer. Originally
from Port Townsend, WA, Frederickson
is a graduate of the Peabody
Conservatory, MD, received his MM in
viola from The Juilliard School
(principal teachers Paul Coletti,
Eugene Becker), and is a founding
member of the alternative indie-rock
band Rachel’s. Utilizing a broad range
of compositional styles, the
collective (pianist Rachel Grimes,
bassist/organist Jason Noble, and
Frederickson) interface classical with
indie/punk rock and has released six
albums since 1995 on Touch & Go
Records. Romantic, moody, challenging,
sometimes impressionistic and
touching, the group’s music has been
featured on film soundtracks such as
Peter Berg's Hancock, Oliver
Stone’s Any Given Sunday,
Miguel Arteta’s Star Maps, and
the Belgian production Une Liaison
Pornagraphique. In 2005 Rachel's
performed at Merkin Hall in NYC for
WNYC's “New Sounds Live,” previously
featured on NPR’s “Weekend Edition,”
the BBC, BET TV, WNYC, and national
radio networks in Italy, Belgium,
South Korea. Rachel’s has toured
extensively throughout North America,
Europe, and South Korea, reaching vast
audiences with their unique
instrumentation: piano, guitars,
strings, drums, percussion, bells,
clarinet, vibes, the musical saw. In
New York City since 2004, Frederickson
has increasingly concentrated on
collaborations with theater directors
and choreographers, most significantly
developing a signature style as a
musical improviser & composer for the
stage with SITI Company using their
technique of Viewpoints, developed by
Artistic Director Anne Bogart.
Selected credits include: Emperor
Jones (Irish Repertory Theater,
Dir. Ciaran O’Reilly); Antigone
(SITI Co., Dir. Bogart, Dance Theater
Workshop); Two Orphans (U
Washington School of Drama, Dir.
Jeffrey Frace); The Tempest
(Classic Stage Company, NY, Dir. Brian
Kulick); The Fever Chart (The
Public Theater, Dir. Jo Bonney);
The Tempest (Actors Theatre of
Louisville, Dir. Marc Masterson);
Christina Olson: American Model
(PS 122, Chor. Tamar Rogoff).